Published May 13, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He holds an undergraduate degree in English, a Master's degree in English with a focus on professional writing and editing, and another Master's degree in Computing & Information Systems. After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning here at XDA. Sign in to your XDA account The longer I use 3D printers, the less patience I have for build surfaces that turn every print into a tiny negotiation. I don’t want to hover around the first layer, wondering whether the model will stay down, peel up, weld itself to the plate, or leave behind a cleanup job.…